Adamin2021-06-23T00:42:59+00:00Dennis Hastert, a former House Speaker, was accused of sexually abusing four underage boys while working as a high school coach many years ago. Nevertheless, the statute of limitations has expired, so he cannot face charges for those crimes. Nevertheless, the Republican from Illinois was arrested and charged with lying to the FBI regarding covering up his sex crimes.
And recently, this crime has proven to be the one that will place Hastert in jail. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegal cash withdrawals that he made for the payoffs to cover up the sex abuse allegations after the judge named him a “serial child molester.”
Prior to actually issuing the given sentence, the judge Thomas M. Durkin, asked the former House Speaker about the peculiarities of the crime and whether he was sexually abusing his victims. For the very first time, Hastert decided to publically admit his misconduct....